An additional 167.4 million lei will be allocated to health insurance

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved an increase of 167.45 million lei in the revenue and expenditure of the compulsory health insurance funds for 2026. The amendments must be approved by Parliament. Following the changes, revenue will amount to 18.99 billion lei, whilst expenditure will total 19.38 billion lei. The initially approved deficit of 385.2 million lei remains unchanged.

Alexandru Gasnaș

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According to the draft presented by the Minister of Health, Alexandru Gasnash, the bulk of the additional funds – 157 million lei – will be allocated to funding inpatient care. These funds will make it possible to increase the volume of treatment for acute cases, as well as to finance a number of important medical programmes and services for patients, including cataract surgery and cardiac surgery.

In addition, the additional funds will be allocated to day-case surgery services, the treatment of chronic geriatric conditions, general and specialised rehabilitation – including cardiological, neurological, orthopaedic and paediatric rehabilitation – as well as dialysis and radiotherapy.

A further 6 million lei has been earmarked to expand access to palliative care, including hospice care, for patients with chronic conditions in the advanced stages.

Funding for medical services for beneficiaries of temporary protection in the Republic of Moldova will also be increased. 2.9 million lei will be allocated to primary healthcare, and 1.5 million lei to emergency pre-hospital medical care.

The increase in revenue is mainly due to higher receipts from fixed contributions to compulsory health insurance. According to forecasts, these will exceed the originally planned amount by 90.2 million lei. This is due to an increase in the number of people who have paid their insurance contributions this year: more than 154,000 people have paid, which is 9,000 more than forecast.

Another source of the fund’s revenue increase, amounting to 71.5 million lei, came from voluntary donations from external sources, additional revenue from the flat-rate tax paid by residents of IT parks, and revenue from self-employed individuals.

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